Welcome to the leading website for the UK pet trade. If you are a new visitor, please take a moment to register to access our directory and forum. Registration is FREE.

This site is brought to you by the publishers of Pet Business World magazine (or pbwnews as it is known). So don’t delay, sign up today for your FREE monthly copy delivered to your business address by Royal Mail.To subscribeTo advertiseContact us

Supporting your customers with pond problems
The treatment and effective management of pond water can be a source of stress for many pond keepers, especially when faced with murky water or a weed-choked pond. Retailers are best placed to not only advise customers on the best solution, but to also provide preventative advice, so it is important that staff have a good overview of common issues and products

Your opinion is important, so have your say via our Forum. Whether you want help sourcing that elusive product, want to share an experience with other retailers or simply need to let off steam, click on to the Forum. It is open to everyone in the trade (though not to consumers), but to contribute, you must register (free of charge). You can if you wish comment under a ‘pen name’, but must agree to our terms and conditions.

Fertility claim a load of bullA ‘GAY’ Irish bull facing slaughter has been saved after a worldwide appeal backed by the co-creator of the The Simpsons.
According to the Orange News website, Benjy, a Charolais bull, was being fattened up for an abattoir after he failed to impregnate any heifers this year at a County Mayo farm.
Vets had determined he was fertile, but he was more attracted to the bull that replaced him.
On learning of his fate, activists launched a social media campaign to raise £5,000 to send Benjy to the Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk.
Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, has now put up all the money needed to buy Benjy and transport him to the sanctuary.
About 300 other donors also contributed to the fundraising drive led by the online magazine TheGayUK.

Loser Tracey’s a real winnerA 43-year-old woman from the Isle of Man, Tracey Watt, has lost four stone walking and competing in agility with her Labrador, Mojo.
Tracey is keeping fit with the help of her dog as part of the Kennel Club’s Get Fit With Fido campaign and has gone from a size 22 to a size 14.
Tracey started off by taking Mojo to training and then on to agility and realised that if she wanted to progress she needed to get into shape. After struggling through a particularly bad training agility lesson, Tracey went home and registered for Weight Watchers. The pair now walk 30 miles a week, train for agility two or three times a week and Tracey often attends exercise classes.

UK dog owners are being warned to keep Easter treats away from pets after figures released today from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) revealed that more than half of UK vets (54%) treated at least one case of chocolate poisoning over Easter last year.

Reports of illnesses caused by pet jerky treats made in China have dropped sharply, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The USA agency recorded 270 complaints from May to September of last year, against 1,800 in the seven months prior, reports The Plain Dealer.

The Pet Industry Federation has been accredited for the UKTI’s Trade Access Programme (TAP) and will now work with UKTI to develop and deliver a programme of customer support at international trade shows.

Looking for new products or suppliers? Then look no further than our searchable classified pet trade directory with more than 950 listings.
If you would like to add your business to the directory free of charge or make your entry stand out from the rest, call Philip Raby on 01234 714404 or email us

An executive from Singapore’s ornamental fish exporter Qian Hu Corporation has been charged in Australia with allegedly attempting to smuggle A$235,000 (£119,000) worth of endangered fish into the country.

Tropical Marine Centre has teamed up with Ecoxotic, a well-known American LED lighting manufacturer, to bring the high-power Canon Pro range of LED pendant lights to the commercial market in Europe, the Middle East and Russia.

Eheim has introduced a Selective Distribution scheme in the UK and Ireland, in which selected retailers are appointed authorised dealers. The launch follows the successful implementation of a pilot scheme in Germany.

[ X ] EU Cookie Compliance:This website uses cookies for essential functionality, your convenience, and to help us improve the site using Google Analytics.Accept cookies & hide this message.

Cookies are small text files that can be placed on your computer by websites you visit, which are used widely to make websites work properly or more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site, and/or their service providers.

Most browser software will allow you to turn off cookies, but you should note that doing so may cause some website functionality to stop working.Check your browser's help or privacy settings if you want to turn cookies off.

The cookies used on this site include the following:

Cookies for Website Traffic Monitoring and Improvements1. Google Analytics creates 4 cookies, __utma,__utmb,__utmc and __utmz.
We use Google Analytics to monitor our website's performance, and how visitors use it so we can make improvements to the user experience. If we use Google Adwords or Google A/B testing, these may also utilise a cookie for the same purposes as Analytics.

Cookies for User Convenience
2. We use a simple cookie to help remember login details for our site's admin panel and also for our Blog admin panel. These are for user convenience only, and no information is collected or shared with anyone.

Essential Cookies for Website Functionality3. PHPSESSION. This is an essential cookie that assigns a session to each visit to ensure the site's functionality works properly, that only lasts while you are on this site. No information is retained or shared with anyone.4. regID. An essential cookie which helps the website remember you after you have logged in, allowing you to utilise specific website functionality for logged in users only. No information is retained or shared with anyone.